(19)
(11) EP 0 204 513 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.07.1988 Bulletin 1988/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.12.1986 Bulletin 1986/50

(21) Application number: 86304075

(22) Date of filing: 29.05.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 30.05.1985 US 739214
11.04.1986 US 849618

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
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(72) Inventor:
  • Levitt, George
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(54) Herbicidal sulfonamides


(57) Sulfonamide derivatives of the formula

wherein

W is 0 or S;

R is H or CH3;

J is a phenyl, thienyl, pyrazolyl or pyridyl group, each substituted by a tetrazolyl moiety;

A is mono- or bicyclic heterocyclic group, e.g. pyrimidinyl or triazinyl;


and their agriculturally suitable salts, exhibit potent therbicidal activity. Some also show a plant growth regulant effect.
The novel compounds may be made e.g. by reacting a sulfonyl isocyanate or sulfonyl isothiocyanate JNCW with an appropriate heterocyclic amine HNR.A.





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